Devolving Responsibility for Jobcentre Plus to the Welsh Government — 21 Jun 2011 at 17:09
Chris Kelly MP, Dudley South voted against devolving responsibility for Jobcentre Plus to the Welsh Government.
The majority of MPs voted against devolving responsibility for Jobcentre Plus to the Welsh Government.
Jobcentre Plus is part of the Department for Work and Pensions. It has a role in providing welfare benefits to people of working age and providing services to those seeking work.
The motion rejected by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
- That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require the Secretary of State to make provision for the transfer to the Welsh Government of certain functions relating to the work of Jobcentre Plus offices in Wales; and for connected purposes.
Party Summary
Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.
What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.
What are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.
What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.
Party | Majority (No) | Minority (Aye) | Both | Turnout |
Con | 118 (+2 tell) | 1 | 0 | 39.5% |
DUP | 5 | 0 | 0 | 62.5% |
Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Lab | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2.3% |
LDem | 1 | 9 | 0 | 17.5% |
PC | 0 | 2 | 0 | 66.7% |
SDLP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33.3% |
SNP | 0 | 4 (+2 tell) | 0 | 100.0% |
Total: | 127 | 21 | 0 | 23.7% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by party
MPs for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible MP who could have voted in this division
Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote
Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
Mark Reckless | Rochester and Strood | Con (front bench) | aye |
David Laws | Yeovil | LDem | no |